Whip-holder.



PATENT FFXCE,

MEE'ION G. BRGWN. OF SANDUSKY. MICHIGAN.

WHIP-HOLDER.

Epectcatioii o! Letters Patent.

ltiiiteiited Mair. 8., 11910.

Application lcd Merch 22, 1909. Serial No. 335.008,

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, Minirox G. l'liiowN, ii

eiizen of tl'e United .Ltntes of *inierieti, und j resident of Fiindnsltv, in the county of. ini iiniprove- Fnnilzit: und Statie. of hiieliigziin lnive vented certiiiii new iind useful ments in iirhip-"ttoldeis, of which the. toilowing is ii Specitieiition.

This invention relates to ii device for holding whips iii` sockets or wnip holders und hns for it: objc-et the provision of novel means whereby the whip is iipplied to the whip holder, the Suid whip is supported therein in :i niiinner to he rendily removed upon forwiird pull on the. siiid whip, the reliition of prirthlit-ing such thiit prezfsnre on the whip will enlise it to trnvel hevond the support whifli tenipornrily holds it the support then o eriiting :i.-l ii lot-h or deient to prevent withdriiwiil of the whip until the parts iire inizizipuhzted to i'eleiine thu whip.

.i further object of this invention is to l provide novel iiieniis for limiting the downwiird nioi'enient of the whip in the whip holder, Suid nienns being resilientl)1 .supported in the whipholdcr und having prefernbiy :in oscilhitory movement therein` the .sind supporting device standing nornnilly in poottion to engiige the whip, ineens heilig provided for moving the supporting device ngninst the ietion oi the spring iiieinher.

Yith theforegoing und other ohjeets in view7 the invention eoniiibts in the detitils of construction und in the nrrnngeinent :ind eonihiniition of piirts to be hereinafter more nllil met forth :ind elniined.

tu' deerihing the invention in dettiil, rei eri-nee will he luid to tho iueonipaiirviiig drnwings 'forming psiit of this Siweitiention .wherein lilac rhzirneters denote corres loud ing piirts in the .severiil views, in'Nvhic il"igure 1, illiiiitrnteii- :i View in eieviition of n whip holder with the whip npplied thereto: Fig. L. is :i vertieiil seetioinii view of' the whip holder :ind the whip retiiiiiing ineens therein; Fig. il, is :i view niiniliir to 2. except thzxt the whip is shown loeiited in punition :ind the unlot-liing device is :ipptied to thtl uhi i holder; :ind Fig. 4, is un elevzition :ind edge view pzirtly in seetion of the. tongue.

in the driiwingn ii whip holder is shown iis comprising' n soci-:et 5, liiiving the usinil rubber gnamt5, :it the top thereof, the seine t being held on the socket in tiny appropriate wny und :is tl.is doesl not forni piirt of the invention. it will not be described in detiiil. t leeured to the inner wall of thv` socket ilezir the upper end thereof i- :i toi-.gne T. which extends dnwiniurdlv :ind iiiw.irdlv t ttwurd the center of the sot-kel. vThe tongue i secured to the soeliet h); niennt-i of rivetu l or .ennill bolts tt, und the lower end of the t tongue is provided with ii detent i). here I hown :iii4 ii spur projecting from the tongue ut, iin tingle. ln foriiiing the spur t prefer to .atiunp it froin the tongue iis this is iin I inexpeneive ineiinoof producingr it, iiithough i' I nitty rivet or otherwise :secure ii pitite to the tongue in the rehition to the tongue illusiriited in Fig. ".2, lelow the spur und htiiiiding npproxnniitely ut right :ingles to the tongue is ii lug 10, on which the lower end of the whip rests when the i-:itid whip hun heen pressed down, .so thiit its end pushes the spur il. The tu niust, of neeeriiiit), extend inwiirdly hevouiil the end of the spur in order thut it will be in the puth of travel of the end of the whip, even though the tongue is pressed towiird the wiill of the, socket throii 'h the engiigenient of the whip with the said spurl tliiit in' to siiy, the lower end of the whip will tiiivel over the surface of the sini, producing 1i cuni-like action which wi l tend to inove the spur out ofthe path of triivel of the whip, lint the lngl 10, will not he mov-ed ont of the piitli of travel of the whip hut wilt eiigiige. und arrest the whip to irevent its further descent iii the hoeket. he nninner of forming the lug 10, tutti' be :iiiniliir to `that of foi'iiinig the spur t), but the said lug muy be otherwise tipp ted to the tongue. Iii fact, ii pitite could be riveted to the tongue, the piirt of the sind pitite engaging the tongue, standing tit right :in les to the remainder of the pluto, but uis tiene ure iinnnitei'iiit detuilii of construction,L I do not wish to he limited to tiny particular iiiiinner of producing the minier The whip socket is provided with ii key hurt-el 1l, which is iittiiehed to the noeli'et in linz; with tin iiperture 12, in the wiillof sind .socket und the key hiii'rel is provided with the key of :uw iippropritite deh-ign which etui he inserted iii the barrel und nitinipuhited to engage the nido of the tongue nein' its lower end, thiit is to sity, heiow .the lug 10, the said nuinipiiliition resulting iii moving the tongue toward the wiilt opposite the :Sti

ciently to permit the Suid whip to pass beyond the edge of the spurz otherwise the whip would be locked in poration eat-.h time the whip was applied to the whip holder, whereas it is the object or" this invention to provide means for temporarily supporting the whip in the whip holder without locking it in place, und to provide means for `readily locking it in place when it is desired to have the whip retained in its whip holder uguinst removal by unauthorized I claim- 1. A whip holder comprising n socket, u resilient tongue therein, u downwardly projecting spur on said tongue, an inwardly projecting member on said tongue, said inwardly projecting member disposed below Suid spur, and a rod adopted to enter the lower port of said socket-opposite 'the tongue and contact with the lower end of seid @meer tongue below Suid inwardly .projecting member. A

2. In n whip holder, uuooket, u. down-v wurdl and inwardly projectin v tongue attache to the inner Well of t e socket, u downwardly and inwardly extending spur projecting from the tongue, an inwardly prollectnlg member eproximntely at right ang es to the length o the tongue in such relation to the spur as to extend beyond the edge of said spur, a key barrel attached to the socket in nlinexnent with the lower `end of the tongue, und means for mnnipulutin y the tongue.

8. h n whlp holder, n socket, and downwurdl and inwnrdly projectin tongue uttuehed, to the inner wall of tie socket, n downwardly and inwardly ext/enclin spur integral with the tongue, an inward y projectmg member approximately at right angles to the length of the tongue integral therewith und in suoli relntlonto the apur :as to extend beyond the u per edge of said a iur, a. key barrel attaches to the socket in a inement with the lower end of the tongue, and menne for manipulatin the tongue.

In testimony whereof, I a my signature in the presence of two witness. A

Wm. Dumon, f

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